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State goes with SAT for 11th grade testing
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
The state Department of Education has chosen the SAT as the statewide assessment it will give high school juniors each spring.
The bid from the The College Board, which administers the SAT, won out over a bid from the ACT, Department of Education Executive Director of Communications Kristin Anderson said.
“We’re going to have access to more resources at a lower cost,” Anderson...
Test scores show 'aspiration gap' among WV students
By BISHOP NASH, Herald Dispatch
CHARLESTON - Data released regarding the ACT college readiness assessment has revealed what state Superintendent of Schools Steve Paine called an "aspiration gap" among West Virginia students.
According to the West Virginia Department of Education, nearly 70 percent of high school graduates are taking the college entrance exam, which is higher than the national average....
State’s first-ever Freedom Week underway in classrooms
By Hans Fogle, WV MetroNews
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Students in Berkeley County and across the state will focus on the Constitution and government for the state’s new Celebrate Freedom Week.
Middle School Instructional Specialist Carol Hamilton said individual schools will be teaching students at each grade level about how the government works and the defining characteristics of the U.S...
WV state school board proposes lowering some teacher requirements
Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
The West Virginia Board of Education has proposed changing some requirements to become a public school teacher by exempting education bachelor’s degree holders who meet minimum grade point averages from having to pass the basic knowledge test, and no longer requiring non-education master’s degree holders with “five years of directly related work experience” to...
Justice set to sign Every Student Succeeds Act plan
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice could sign-off on the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) as early as Monday following passage of the plan back on Friday by the state Board of Education.
Under the federally mandated ESSA program, every state must outline the foundational pieces of its public education system, said state Department of Education spokeswoman Kristin...